ESEA Reauthorization: Options for Improving NCLBs Measures of Process. Hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session March 21, 2007. Serial Number 110

The purpose of this hearing was, review of the No Child Left Behind Law for reauthorization, consideration as to whether or not to reform the current definition of "Adequate Yearly Progress" (AYP). Members testifying before the Committee were the Hon. Jason Altmire, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania; Hon. Howard P. "Buck," Senior Republican Member, Committee on Education and Labor; and Hon. George Miller, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor. Witnesses testifying before the committee were: Hon. Harold C. Doran, senior research scientist, American Institutes for Research; Chrys Dougherty, Ph.D, director of research, National Center for Educational Accountability; Peter McWalters, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, State of Rhode Island; Allan Olson, co-founder and chief academic officer, Northwest Evaluation Association; and Valerie Woodruff, Secretary of Education, State of Delaware. Additional materials submitted by Chairman Miller included the prepared statements of Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun professor, Stanford University School of Education; and a letter from the National School Boards Association (NSBA).